- Johan Vande Lanotte
Johan Cyrille Corneel Vande Lanotte (b.
6 July 1955 ,Poperinge ) is a Belgian politician. He is a member of the SP.A, and became its party president on15 October 2005. He handed down his leadership positions after the SP.A lost in the2007 general election .Studies
In 1978 he graduated magna cum laude in "Political and Social Sciences" (Master degree) from the
University of Antwerp . In 1981 he added, again magna cum laude, a master in Law at theVrije Universiteit Brussel .He graduated as Doctor in Law at the
Ghent University in 1986. The subject of hisdissertation was "decentralisation in the Belgian political context". It was awarded with the Prize of theBelgian Institute for Administrative Sciences .During his doctorate, he studied at the
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (Lausanne ) with theVon Calcken scholarship of theCouncil of Europe , at theLille University (France ), theLeiden University (Netherlands ) and theUniversité de Sherbrooke inQuebec .Curriculum
Professional
*1978-1981: City of
Ghent administration.
*1982-1983: assistant at the departement of Political and Social Sciences of theUniversity of Antwerp .
*1983-1987: assistant at the Law department of the Ghent University.
*1986: apprentice lawyer in Ghent.
*1987-1990 : assistant auditor and auditor at theCouncil of State (Belgium)
*since 1988 : professor public law at theGhent University
*1988-1991: part time professor public law at theGhent University
*since 1991: part time professor public law at theGhent University , combined with a part time professorship at theVrije Universiteit Brussel .Political
*1988-1991 : Chief of cabinet of the
Minister of the Interior
*1991- :Member of Parliament
*1994-1995 :Minister of the Interior and of Civil Service Affairs
*1995-1998 :Deputy Prime Minister andMinister of the Interior
*1999-2003 : Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget, Social Integration and Social Economy
*2003-2005 : Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget and Public Enterprises
*2005 - 2007 : SP.a party president
*Since 2006 : Minister of State (honorary title)External links
* [http://www.johanvandelanotte.be/ Johan Vande Lanotte] (Personal website)
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